ELECTION BARGAINS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 664, 15 November 1909, Page 7

ELECTION BARGAINS.

IRISH PARTY'S PRICE. A LIBERAL PLEDGE FOR HOME RULE, •'■■;•...'■■ IP NOT— !•'■'•''■:': (By Telegraph—Presn Aesoclatlon-OopyrlehU ... . : ,-' (Rec. November 11, 5-5 P-°v)'■>;'.• London, November 13., Commenting on the expected general olection,. ; the'"Daily Mail" states that Mr. John Eedmond, Leader, of the Nationalists, will insist. on the Prime Minister, Mr. Asqnitb, giving a . deSnito pledge to carry Home Eulo; otherwise the Nationalist vote in Britain and in Ireland will be cast against the' Liberals. :; [Mr. Asqoith regarded the 1908 election- as excluding Home' Eule. He is reported by "Daily Mail*' to have said:—"An attempt to utilise a majority which was sought and obtained for Free-trade in order to promote the passing of irhatwas called ft Home Bole.Bill would bo a piece.of political dishonesty. ] BUYING LABOUR WITH SOCIALISM. ' SIB; E. PEEKS ON "TACKING.'; , ■ (Bee. November I*. .5.5 p.m.) : y', :, .-.'. " , London, November 13. The attitude towards the Government' .of Sir Eobert Porks, (tho Liberal ; who, ■ opposes land taxes and proposes to retire.at'the next election) is strongly resented by the Government partisan press. - . ■!'■ :•. Sir Eobert Porks vigorously replies/alleging that Mr. Lloyd-George (Chancellor, of the Exchequer) and Mr; Churchill (President of tho Board of Trade) would willingly, buy the support of the Nationalists and of 1 the Labour members with Home Eulo and with further communistic measures. . '.■■.; The result, he declares, would be chaos. Ho opposes the' "tacking" of the land tax clauses .to. the Budget. : •■ |. ;\ LORD.BRASSEY ; BUT GIVES HINT TO SPEECHHAKEES, ■' ■ "■" (Eec, November 14, 5.5 p.m.) ' ' London, November 13. . Lord Brassey, in a letter to. the Battle (Sussex) Liberal Association,' says he remains constant to the Liberal party. He, does not regard the proposals in the Budget as Socialistic. Ho adds that some alarm has been created by speeches of an unusual character. SMALL MAJORITY ON EITHER SIDE. -FOBECAST.V (Eec. November .14, 5.5 p.m.) .-, London, November 13.;: ■ The "Spectator" (Unionist and Free-trade), in forecasting the result of the election, is inclined to. predict a small majority either way, >«t possibly to the advantage of the, Unionists. Tho "Eoonomist" deprecates the proposed rejection of the Budget by the' House of Lords. ■ TJNIONISTS' BID FOELABOUE. , London, November 12. The fund initiated /by the "Standard" news-' paper for sending iConservative working men to the House of Commons -has', reaohed jeSOOOi